A Tale of Two Cities (book)

A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens. The novel tells the story of the brutal oppression of the aristocracy over the proletariat in France, before and during the French Revolution. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events, most notably Charles Darnay, a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette.